{"product_id":"the-passion-according-to-g-h","title":"The Passion According to G.H.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Clarice Lispector, translated to English by Idra Navey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Passion According to G.H.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Clarice Lispector’s mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door—crushing the cockroach—and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scene in Brazilian literature…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLispector wrote that of all her works this novel was the one that “best corresponded to her demands as a writer.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClarice Lispector (1920–1977), the greatest Brazilian writer of the twentieth century, has been called \"astounding\" (Rachel Kushner), \"a penetrating genius\" (Donna Seaman, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e ), and \"one of the twentieth century's most mysterious writers\" (Orhan Pamuk). Caetano Veloso is one of Brazil's foremost musicians. Idra Novey is the award-winning author of the novels  \u003cem\u003eThose Who Knew\u003c\/em\u003e  and  \u003cem\u003eWays to Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e . She teaches fiction in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec shippingdimensions-spec \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eShipping dimensions\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e8\" H x 5\" W x 1\" L\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec upc-spec \"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e9780811219686\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eLength: 220 Pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAUDADE TORONTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49004598067423,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/1761\/files\/FullSizeRender_f9a660c8-eb43-40f5-8dc9-928bbdbbaf8c.jpg?v=1776890673","url":"https:\/\/saudadetoronto.com\/products\/the-passion-according-to-g-h","provider":"SAUDADE TORONTO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}